No matter what quotes the revisionists find, there is overwhelming evidence that almost all of the founding fathers believed in the Judeo-Christian Diety and were members of established churches even though some made statements that were critical of organized religion. Here is a list of the religious affiliations of all the men who helped create and signed the three most important documents establishing the United States of America:
http://atheistalliance.org/library/Morris-founding_fathers.HTML
Although the site which hosts the page may have an agenda, the page itself and its quotes are extensively footnoted from indisputable sources.
Quotes: Thomas JeffersonMillions of innocent men, women, and children, since the introduction of Christianity, have been burnt, tortured, fined, and imprisoned; yet we have not advanced one inch toward uniformity. What has been the effect of coercion? To make one-half the world fools and the other half hypocrites. To support roguery and error all over the earth. -- Thomas Jefferson, Notes on the State of Virginia, 1781-82 Quotes: Thomas PaineIt is from the Bible that man has learned cruelty, rapine and murder; for the belief of a cruel God makes a cruel man. -- Thomas Paine, as quoted by Joseph Lewis in Inspiration and Wisdom from the Writings of Thomas Paine. Quotes John AdamsThe question before the human race is, whether the God of nature shall govern the world by his own laws, or whether priests and kings shall rule it by fictitious miracles? -- John Adams, letter to Thomas Jefferson, June 20, 1815 Quotes Benjamin FranklinIf we look back into history for the character of the present sects in Christianity, we shall find few that have not in their turns been persecutors, and complainers of persecution. The primitive Christians thought persecution extremely wrong in the pagans, but practiced it on one another. The first Protestants of the Church of England blamed persecution in the Romish Church, but practiced it upon the Puritans. These found it wrong in the bishops, but fell into the same practice themselves both here and in New England. -- Benjamin Franklin, An Essay on Toleration ANSWERQUOTES EDWARD RUTLEDGE"I find that i can agree fully with my good friend Patrick Henry when he said it can not be emphasized too strongly or to ofter that this great nation was founded not by religionists but by Christians not on religions but on the Gospel of Jesus Christ"
~Edward Rutledge
It depends on what you mean by founding the country on Christianity. Most of the founders were Christians. Some of them were Deists but it was a particular form of deism that was heavily influenced by Christianity and involved a deep reverence for the Bible as a source of divinely inspired guidance on moral matters. The founders thought men should be free and have a free government because their reading of the Bible told them that was right. They believed that God guided the destinies of men and nations and that men should seek that guidance from Him, including men in public office making official decisions. They believed that in order for a free society to remain free its people must be virtuous in their private and public lives and that Christianity and the Bible taught how to be virtuous. Thus they founded the country on Christian principles. That said, they did not believe that any specific church ought to be able to give orders to the federal government or that the federal government ought to force people to belong to or support a specific church. Several of the states though did have established churches and everyone thought that was just fine, anybody who didn't like that church didn't have to live in that state. So the country was not founded on any idea of rule by the church. Michael Montagne
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"As the Government of the United States of America is not, in any sense, founded on the Christian religion; as it has in itself no character of enmity against the laws, religion, or tranquillity, of Mussulmen; and, as the said States never entered into any war, or act of hostility against any Mahometan nation, it is declared by the parties, that no pretext arising from religious opinions, shall ever produce an interruption of the harmony existing between the two countries."
Treaty of Tripoli - see link below:
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Some Facts and ConclusionsSo, in a sense, democracy was founded on atheistic values, the strongest of which is freedom. The U.S is in no way founded on Christianity, or Christian beliefs, it was founded on basic conceptions of the human condition; the mechanism that spawns theism, not the opposite. Historically, religion was separated from government, and all was well, then Christianity gained momentum and converged with government starting in (at best) the mid 1800s. There is an overlap, but we started trying to (and succeeding) separate church and state again in the mid 1900s by constitutionally defining what had been commonly interpreted by a more philosophizing civilization as a given.
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It was religious men and women from the first settlers (Pilgrims) to the first established government that formed the foundations of the USA. All Presidents speeches speak to God guiding this country. Indeed, the 2nd President, in this form, spoke these words:
"...Our constitution was made only for a moral and religious people. It is wholly inadequate to the government of any other (from 'The Works of John Adams').
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The founding fathers believed in liberty for all, yet many "owned" slaves.
The Founding Fathers saw the United States as a free nation, where there would always be a separation of religion and state.
no.none of the founding fathers have pets
There were 74 delegates/founding fathers at the constitutional convention
They wouldn't. They didn't accept other religions as far as Christianity / Catholic.
Yes, our founding fathers were all either christians or they believed in God and they also believed that the Bible is the word of God and what it says applies directly to our lives.
The founding fathers believed in liberty for all, yet many "owned" slaves.
A state which is governed by the rule of law.
The Founding Fathers saw the United States as a free nation, where there would always be a separation of religion and state.
John Walsh
Christians! They came to America to worship their God in freedom and peace. Many of the Founding Fathers, however, were Deists who believed in God but not necessarily in any particular religion.
The majority of U.S citizens are of European descent, where the dominant religion is Christianity. All the founding fathers were Christians as well. People of other religions such as Judaism and Islam only started migrating to the U.S in large numbers in the last century.
Deism is a belief that there is a Creator, but that after the act of creation he took no further interest in his creation. The whole essence of Christianity, in all its forms, is that God is interested in our welfare and does intercede. Some of the Founding Fathers of the United States are believed to have been deists.
Religious differences in society, i think
The Magna Carta was believed to set historic precedent by the Founding Fathers. In that case, the barons had confronted a despot and demanded their rights be recognized, recorded and agreed upon by King John. In the case of the Founding Fathers, they sought to confirm their rights before George III and Parliament.
I think on 1943
In the US, our founding fathers.